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Old 04-26-2017, 09:46 AM
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Anyone Ever See First Gear?

Still in the first thousand mile break-in period so have never left Comfort Setting.

I notice that even when I'm stopped at a light,I never go below D2.

Does D1 ever come into play in Comfort setting.

And what about the other settings like Sport or sport plus?
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Mine is D1 at a stoplight.
Old 04-26-2017, 10:34 AM
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if you actually stop is drops to 1st. if you keep rolling, even slightest, may not leave 2nd. ron
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D2 at a complete stop.

Chefcct-where you in Comfort drive setting?
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Mine was the same in the beginning, 70% of the cases after full stop starting from 2- nd in comfort, I used sport from the beginning though. Maybe the transmission is really adaptive because now it's 99% in D1 .
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jester1- yes-- I was in comfort.
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I've paid attention to mine recently and it does into D1 when I come to a stop. Looks like the speedometer has to go to 0 mph and stay there for 1-2 seconds before the gear indicator switches to D1.
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The trans "learns" from your driving style. Obviously you are not a hoon. If you give it a blast frequently it will go down to D1.
If you drive as you do, and occasionally try to give full throttle on a start off, you will find a pregnant pause as it selects D1 to cope with the full power start. Very nasty when you are trying to pick a gap in traffic.
Solution: When you are waiting for that traffic gap, hit the steering wheel paddles, and D! will come up ready for take off.

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